A reporter has blocked plans to convert an attractive house in St Andrews into a 40-bed care home by building two large extensions in its gardens, finding unacceptable harm to the existing building and the...

A homeowner in Oxford has been refused retrospective permission to convert his property into an HMO, despite his claims that local HMO policy was aimed at students, and ‘working professional housing’ such as...

In a ‘finely balanced’ decision, an inspector has approved plans for a 500-capacity bar in Headingley, Leeds, despite accepting that the scheme would be a ‘retrograde step’ in attempts to control alcohol-...